Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Hound of Earth by Vance Bourjaily Bourjaily, Vance. American journalist, novelist and university professor who wrote of American life in various post WWII periods in America. He published his first novel in 1947, "The End of My Life." "The Hound of Earth" published in 1955 used the Cold War as its historical setting. His first marriage ended in divorce after producing two children. He married Yasmin Mogul, a former student, in 1985. In late August, Bourjaily lapsed into a coma after a fall. He died on August 31, 2010 in Greenbrae, CA. Books: The Atomic Blues. THE HOUND OF EARTH (250 pp.)I/once BourjailyScribner ($3.50). These books are bedside bulletins in the form of novels about two scientists who suffer a crisis of conscience over the atom bomb. British Novelist C. P. Snow charts the crisis in stately prose; U.S. Novelist Vance Bourjaily prefers a honky-tonk jazz tempo. But they both reach an annoyingly simple and characteristically 20th century diagnosislife is a dirty trick. The hero of The New Men is a run-of-the-treadmill English physicist named Martin Eliot. Early in World War II, Martin decides that he wants 1) success and 2). The Hound of Earth by Vance Bourjaily. Vance Nye Bourjaily (September 17, 1922 – August 31, 2010) was an American novelist, playwright, journalist, creative writing teacher, and essayist. T. Rees Shapiro from ''The Washington Post'', September 4, 2010. Bourjaily was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Monte Ferris Bourjaily, a Lebanese immigrant who was a journalist and later became editor of the United Features Syndicate, and Barbara Webb, an American-born features author and novelist. Bruce Weber ''Vance Bourjaily, Novelist Exploring Postwar America, Dies at 87'' from ''The New York Times'', September 3, 2010. Bourjaily moved several times during his youth. His childhood was spent in Connecticut, Virginia, and New York. Bourjaily graduated from Handley High School in Winchester, Virginia in 1939. After graduating, Bourjaily enrolled in Bowdoin College. With the coming of World War II, Bourjaily became a volunteer ambulance driver from 1942 to 1944. He then served two years in the army from 1944 to 1946. Bourjaily's time in the army was a central theme to many of his later writings. His Arab American themes are explored by literary critic Evelyn Shakir Bourjaily graduated from Bowdoin College with a B.A. in 1947. While at Bowdoin, he became a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Theta chapter). After graduating, he lived for a few years in San Francisco, writing feature stories for the San Francisco Chronicle before moving to New York City in 1950. Bourjaily married Bettina Yensen in 1946. The couple had three children. His daughter, Anna, along with the daughter's fifth grade classmate, were killed in a 1964 car accident, in which Bourjaily was driving. Yensen and Bourjaily later divorced. Bourjaily remarried in 1985, to Yasmin Mogul (a former student) and had a son by her. According to his wife, Bourjaily died in Greenbrae, California on August 31, 2010 where he'd slipped into coma just a few days after suffering from a fall. Bourjaily's son Phil is a columnist for Field & Stream magazine. Raymond Carver named his only son, Vance, after Bourjaily. Carver was a student at the Iowa Writer's Workshop where he became friends with Bourjaily. Bourjaily's first novel, entitled ''The End of My Life,'' was heavily influenced by Bourjaily's wartime experiences. Critics said that the novel borrowed heavily from the style and tone of Ernest Hemingway. However, the novel was met with praise and was hailed by critic John W. Aldridge as a war novel on the level of Hemingway's ''Farewell to Arms''. Bourjaily's second novel, ''The Hound of Earth'', paints a picture of Cold War America through the eyes of a scientist who helped develop the atomic bomb. His third novel, ''The Violated'', dealt with the themes of violence and alienation. This book was also met with critical praise. Bourjaily spent much of his career in academia. From 1957 to 1980, he worked as a creative writing instructor and a professor at the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Bourjaily also worked at several other academic institutions such as Oregon State University, the University of Arizona, and Louisiana State University. At the latter institution, he was the first director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing. In 1978, Bourjaily served as a judge on for the National Book Award's committee to choose the award for fiction. *Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2009. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. * ''The End of My Life'' (1947) * ''The Girl in the Abstract Bed (1954)'' * ''The Hound of Earth'' (1955) * ''The Violated'' (1958) * ''Confessions of a Spent Youth'' (1960) * ''The Unnatural Enemy: Essays on Hunting'' (1963) * ''The Man Who Knew Kennedy'' (1967) * ''Brill among the Ruins'' (1970) * ''Country Matters: Collected Reports from the Fields and Streams of Iowa and Other Places'' (essays) (1973) * ''Now Playing at Canterbury'' (1976) * ''A Game Men Play'' (1980) * ''The Great Fake Book'' (1986) * ''Old Soldier: A Novel'' (1990) Content is Copyleft Website design, code, and AI is Copyrighted (c) 2014-2017 by Stephen Payne. Vance Bourjaily. An American novelist, playwright, and journalist, he is best known for The End of My Life and Brill Among the Ruins. His other works include The Hound of Earth, The Violated, and A Game Men Play. Before Fame. He served as a volunteer ambulance driver during World War II. Trivia. His novel, Brill Among the Ruins, was nominated for the National Book Award. Family Life. He was born in Ohio to a Lebanese father and an American mother. He married Bettina Yensen in 1946; they had two children. The Hound of Earth by Vance Bourjaily. AKA Vance Nye Bourjaily. Born: 17-Sep-1922 Birthplace: Cleveland, OH Died: 31-Aug-2010 Location of death: Greenbrae, CA Cause of death: Accident - Fall Remains: Buried, Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, CA. Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Novelist. Nationality: United States Executive summary: The End of My Life. Military service: American Field Service (ambulance driver, 1942-44); US Army (infantry, 1944-46) Father: Monte Ferris Bourjaily (journalist) Mother: Barbara Webb (writer) Brother: Paul Webb Wife: Bettina Yensen (m. 1947, div., two daughters, one son) Daughter: Anna (d. 1964) Son: Philip Daughter: Robin Wife: Yasmin Mogul (m. 1985, until his death, one son) Son: Omar. Author of books: The End of My Life ( 1947 , novel) The Hound of Earth ( 1955 , novel) The Violated ( 1958 , novel) Confessions of a Spent Youth ( 1960 ) The Unnatural Enemy: Essays on Hunting ( 1963 , essays) The Man Who Knew Kennedy ( 1967 , novel) Brill Among the Ruins ( 1970 , novel) Country Matters: Collected Reports from the Fields and Streams of Iowa and Other Places ( 1973 , essays) Now Playing at Canterbury ( 1976 , novel) A Game Men Play ( 1980 , novel) The Great Fake Book ( 1987 , novel) Old Soldier ( 1990 , novel)